dont all William Gibson books have artificial intelligent creatures? They don't call him a cyberpunk for nuthin.
On Tue, 27 May 2003 18:14:10 +0000, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick- > > Thanks. > > I like the "IBM blue" color <grin> - nostalgia... > > Also the handy front door for the optical drives and the Firewire, USB > and headphone ports. > > -Ben > >> Nice. I think dell does a good job with styling. Anybody else read that >> William Gibson book where they have computers made from all kinds of >> personalized materials? It was the one with the artificial intelligent >> "creature"... >> >> Patrick >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Sent: May 27, 2003 12:37 PM >> >To: CF-Community >> >Subject: Re: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) >> > >> > >> >Here's a link to 4 views of the case: >> > >> >http://www.dell.com/us/en/eep/products/model_dimen_2_dimen_XPS. >> >htm#tabtop >> > >> >-Ben >> > >> >> have a picture of the case and everything? hopefully they >have >> something >> >> nicer then their crappy dimensions case >> >> >> >> "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. >Sure, >> I was good >> >> with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts >people >> off!" >> >> Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:14 PM >> >> Subject: RE: Zoom-Zoom (ordered) >> >> >> >> > Larry- >> >> > >> >> > thanks. >> >> > >> >> > That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a >separate >> compartment >> >> with >> >> > two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! >> >> > >> >> > Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o >monitor = >> 1,000 >> >> BTU/hour. >> >> > >> >> > -Ben >> >> > >> >> > > Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace >if you >> lived in >> >> > > Minnesota. That must put out a lot of heat. >> >> > > >> >> > > Nice one though. >> >> > > >> >> > > larry >> >> > > >> >> > > At 11:37 PM 5/26/2003 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> > > >Yummy indeed! >> >> > > > >> >> > > >Feel very lucky - >> >> > > >just ordered the beast: >> >> > > >P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, >> >> > > >240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, >> >> > > >ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, >> >> > > >DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, >> >> > > >Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers, >> >> > > >Win XP Pro. >> >> > > >No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron). >> >> > > >4-year warranty :-) >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >Can hardly wait... >> >> > > ><vbg> >> >> > > > >> >> > > >-Ben >> >> > > > >> >> > > > > Thanks, BenD !! >> >> > > > > :-) >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > > Yummy! >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or >with >> declared >> >> specs) (that >> >> > > > > > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you >should be >> ridin' >> >> high >> >> > > > for the >> >> > > > > > next year or two. At that point, you'll need >something >> new to >> >> play the >> >> > > > > > latest stuff anyway, so who cares? >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > -- Ben Doom >> >> > > > > > Programmer & General Lackey >> >> > > > > > Moonbow Software, Inc >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > > : -----Original Message----- >> >> > > > > > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > > > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM >> >> > > > > > : To: CF-Community >> >> > > > > > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade discounts >> >> totalling >> >> > > > over >> >> > > > > > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from >the EPP), >> most of >> >> which >> >> > > > > > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok >if I >> ordered a >> >> > > > > > : new machine. >> >> > > > > > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on >the >> mortgage >> >> refi. >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both to >get the >> pc for >> >> YOU >> >> > > > and do >> >> > > > >> >> > > > > > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok". >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : Woo Hoo !! >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with >all the >> goodies. >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : Question re: video cards - >> >> > > > > > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, >not the >> 256MB. >> >> > > > > > : Will that make a big difference? >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : -Ben >> >> > > > > > : :-) :-) >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > : >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. 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